Untitled (The Half Moon Hotel, Coney Island, Ocean Baptism)

Harvey R. Zipkin

Object Label

A seemingly endless stretch of empty beach underscores the tranquility of this scene photographed by Harvey Zipkin. A small African American congregation heads to the water for a baptism. In the distance sits the Half Moon Hotel, a once popular Coney Island venue that was demolished in 1996, two years after this image was taken.

Caption

Harvey R. Zipkin American, born 1942. Untitled (The Half Moon Hotel, Coney Island, Ocean Baptism), 1994. Gelatin silver print, sheet: 16 x 20 image: 11 3/4 x 17 in. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the artist, 1994.141.1. © artist or artist's estate

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

Photography

Title

Untitled (The Half Moon Hotel, Coney Island, Ocean Baptism)

Date

1994

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Classification

Photograph

Dimensions

sheet: 16 x 20 image: 11 3/4 x 17 in.

Signatures

Signed upper right verso in pencil: "Harvey R. Zipkin"

Credit Line

Gift of the artist

Accession Number

1994.141.1

Rights

© artist or artist's estate

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